A reader asked me to \u201cshow him the way\u201d to easy play. Then he wouldn\u2019t listen. I was frustrated, but kept on.
What brings me great satisfaction? Turning just one newbie away from the dark side of foolish wasteful gaming. This is a calling, my friends. We are but seekers of the truth, hunters of the mathematical epiphany manifesting as a royal flush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That slim chance of deliverance is a 40,000-1 redemption. We soldier on, knowing it\u2019s coming if we just learn to play the Good Game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Really, it\u2019s okay to just play. Heck, I have a profound desire \u2014 no, a need \u2014 to play, to dance and imbibe like any of us in this one-of-a-kind adult Disneyland, even at my advancing age and maybe even more so. It keeps me young and fresh and alert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But as they say, \u201cYou can\u2019t keep it if you don\u2019t give it away,\u201d so when I was corresponding with \u201cJoe,\u201d though frustrated, I kept insisting this neophyte do what for many these days seems a rare commodity: THINK!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read \u201cThe Best Video Poker on the Strip,\u201d learn the games, and walk away from anything under 99.5%. Avoid the siren call of the Strip \u2014 the bright lights enthralling you as your wallet is vacuumed clean \u2014 and your intense regret on the flight home, hungover and broke. \u201cWhy did I go to the (dark chapel of) ATM again, and again?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s okay. You\u2019ll get another chance at redemption. As long as you didn\u2019t actually sign a marker for your home, car, and first born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But even Joe, after pleading \u201cI want to play at Caesars,\u201d saw the light. \u201cI didn\u2019t realize even at quarter level I\u2019d need a $1,000 bank and at $1\/$5 many times more than that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though he\u2019d danced along the edge of the bad-gaming precipice, he turned away! That satisfaction, turning one player and toward the light of advantage play? Excellent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is not a game for everyone. It requires patience, skill, and dedication, while frivolity reigns and surrounds you like a waterfall. Witnessing people plied with free drinks, pouring dollar after dollar down the rat hole, hoping against hope, is downright tragic, especially knowing that if they just looked at the pay schedule and understood what they were seeing, their future would be nicely laid out for them and they could\u2019ve avoided all the sucker traps. Maybe 3% do. Is that you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here\u2019s the kicker. Once they see us coming, then observe us for a time, the Big Houses don\u2019t like us at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t give that guy a room, a meal, free play, or a damn dime. He actually knows what he\u2019s doing and we can\u2019t have that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And like a lonely Dirty Harry (\u201cDo I feel lucky?\u201d), I ride on down the road. No worries, there are 100 more where Joe comes from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And since he read the guides, is learning the good games, and will be on the search for the better way of advantage play, I, having converted one more soul, for that today I\u2019m content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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